TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2014 and August 2015,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      0.3          0.2         YES           468          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           411          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          0.9         YES           -14            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         5           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        23           36

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            35           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -12           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                       103           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        21           37

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        50           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.5                        33           28         YES

    Information                                    0.5          0.8                        15           26

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.6                       -15           54

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                         3           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.2                       -18           26

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.6         YES           184          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                       113           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        10           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       103           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                         1           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.0         YES           -31           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                        31           71

    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                        -4           51

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        57           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.0          0.4                         1           11

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            56           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        53           86

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       198          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.3                       109           81         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                       109          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2015.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.